Al Dhafra Air Base (ICAO: OMAM) is a US-French military installation in the United Arab Emirates. The base is located approximately 20 miles (32 km) south of Abu Dhabi and it hosts UAE, United States and France military.

World Trade Center memorials at Al Dhafra, June 2004

Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation of 77 feet (23 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways, 13L/31R and 13R/31L, each having an asphalt surface measuring 3,661 by 46 metres (12,011 × 151 ft).

Non-Standard VFR Rwy Hold Line on Twy Bravo 625 feet from Rwy 31R. RWY 13L/31R apch and dep end MAAS barriers maint in a disconnected state. No 180 turns forC-130 or larger acft. Use caution for dep/arr to Rwy 13R/31L lctd aprx 4,200 ftS/SE of Rwy 13L/31R. Rwy 13R/31L is for use by host nation acft only. Acft shall not use Rwy 13R/31L unless in an extreme emerg situation or after expressed permissions from host nation and 380 EOG/CC. Twy Alpha is also used as a prim ldg sfc for host nation helicopters. All hvy acft dep Rwy 31R/13L must taxi 500 ftprior to dep roll tkof. Acft conducting static tkof must taxi 1000 ft prior to dep. Const in progress at SE end of parl twy. All acft use caution on hi speed Twy C and E due to potential FOD. Potential for hydroplaning when braking on thefirst 1,000 ft of Rwy 13L/31R during wet weather conditions.

MISC

Ltd trns svc avbl. Plan no or min practical fuel upload. Do not plan to RON, however; if a tran aircrew is apv to RON, billeting on-base is mandatory. No off-base travel authorized for tran aircrew. No space-A pax permitted. No trash off-load, lavatory or fleet svc avbl. See https://www.afd.scott.af.mil for afld-specific info. Inst approaches not published in DoD FLIP. IAP's avbl at https://private.amc.af.mil/a3/a36a/web/procedures.htm. Tran crews are reminded to do a through crew study prior to recovering at this stn. Recovery via visual apch is not authorized when inst apch is avbl.

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